Marriyum asks Imran to introspect his ‘evil deeds’

Minister says PTI chief should issue white paper on his ‘corruption, wrongdoings’

ISLAMABAD:

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Tuesday said instead of pointing a finger at others, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan should introspect and issue a white paper on corruption, loot and wrongdoings during his four-year tenure.

While talking to media, the minister rejected the white paper issued by the PTI on the current economic situation, saying that those who had pushed the country to the brink of default should be ashamed of themselves for their own "misadventures".

“This is not a white paper rather a record of Imran Khan's own evil deeds which were already being exposed every other day,” she said, asking the PTI chief to apologise to the nation for rendering a lot of countrymen jobless, unleashing extreme inflation, taking record foreign loans and ruining the national economy during his government from August 2018 to April 2022.

The white paper seemed to be an attempt on his part to hide his “sinister deeds”, but it would not help legitimise his "family corruption", she added.

“Imran Khan should stop staging dramas as the people fully know about his corruption, wrongdoings, loot and plunder, as well as conspiracies against the country,” the minister said.

Marriyum accused Imran and his wife Bushra Bibi of "doing black magic". Their "evil deeds" had put the country on the verge of default.

She said the economic growth rate was at 6%, with inflation at the lowest level, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in full swing and terrorism fully wiped out when the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) previous government completed its tenure.

“Pakistan was progressing at a fast pace and was self-sufficient in energy resources, with wheat flour being sold at Rs35 per kilo and sugar at Rs52 per kg in 2018, but the situation worsened when a ‘fascist, propagandist and incompetent person’ was imposed on the country.”

The minister said Imran should have issued a white paper on the performance of his government, which was marred by negative growth rate, high inflation, diplomatic blunders, corruption and incompetency. She asked whether he would let the people know about the worst economic situation of the country from 2018 to April 2022.

Marriyum said Imran’s wrong economic policies brought the growth rate to -1.6 per cent from 6% in the first year of his government, as the electricity tariff was raised to Rs26 per unit from Rs11 per unit and the foreign debt jumped to Rs45 trillion.

The terrorism, which was wiped out from the country due to the inclusive steps of PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif, was rearing its head again due to the PTI government’s policies, she said. Not a single Counter Terrorism Department was set up in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa where the PTI was in power for the last nine years, the minister added.